Eligibility

Employment eligibility

You must be a current substantive EL1 or EL 2 and have been employed by the Australian Public Service for at least three years, and;

be employed by a participating agency

The Treasury

Attorney Generals Department

Department of Communications and the Arts

Department of Defence

Department of Social Services

Department of the Environment and Energy

Department of Health

Department of Home Affairs

Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet

Office of National Assessments

Department of Education and Training

Department of Jobs and Small Business

Department of Human Services

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Department of Finance

Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities

If your department or portfolio agency is not listed above please contact your Learning and Development Team to ask if they will be supportive of a staff member applying.

Academic eligibility

Academic eligibility requirements may vary slightly depending on the ANU College that you choose to conduct your research. Please see the College requirements for more details.

ANU has seven academic Colleges:

ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences

ANU College of Business and Economics

ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science

ANU College of Law

ANU College of Science

ANU College of Health and Medicine

Each of these Colleges contains a number Research Schools, Institutes, and Centres at which a PhD program may be undertaken. Please note that similar research topics may sit under a number of different Centres and across Colleges. For example, a mental health research proposal could be considered by the Department of Psychology and the National Institute for Mental Health Research.

International travel component

It is a requirement of the scholarship that an international travel component will be completed. Scholars will receive an additional travel stipend to cover the costs of their travel. This stipend will cover travel, accommodation and other associated expenses. Students are expected to use the stipend to complete international fieldwork, attend workshops, courses, conferences and other approved activities. All international travel will need to be approved by the Academic Supervisor, the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation Executive Director and consistent with the ANU Travel Policy.